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Thread #69284   Message #1175762
Posted By: harpgirl
01-May-04 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: American Soldiers Torturing Iraqis
Subject: RE: BS: American Soldiers Torturing Iraqis
Mark Kimmitt is delusional if he thinks men and women trained in hand to hand mortal combat with an enemy that will either kill them or be killed, will then treat prisoners of war with "respect and dignity."

No human being on earth can maintain that kind of dichotomy in their behavioral, mental, and emotional life in times of war, with assurance. Prisons and prisoners of war should be handled only by individuals not trained in mortal combat nor recently fighting for their lives, if we expect them to not be tortured.